Wednesday, August 03, 2016

The
new English Amateur Champion Dan Brown has been selected for England’s
11-strong team for next week’s Home Internationals, which will be played
at Nairn Golf Club, Scotland, from August 10-12.

The
Yorkshireman will be joined in the team by Adam Chapman of Cumbria,
Will Enefer of Shropshire, Harry Hall of Cornwall, Josh Hilleard of
Somerset, Marco Penge of Sussex, Alfie Plant of Kent, Gian-Marco
Petrozzi of Staffordshire, Ashton Turner of Lincolnshire, James Walker
of Yorkshire and Jack Yule of Norfolk.

England will be seeking to regain the Home Internationals title, which they last won at Ganton in Yorkshire in 2013.

Adam Chapman,
21, (Carus Green) got through to the last 32 at the British Amateur,
having had top ten finishes in the St Andrews Links Trophy and the
Scottish open amateur; and top 20s in the Welsh and Irish opens. He tied
third in the Hampshire Salver and fifth in the South of England
amateur.

Will Enefer,
18, (Wrekin) was the leading qualifier at the English Amateur and
reached the last 16 in the matchplay. He also reached the last 32 in the
British Amateur and had top ten finishes in the Welsh and Irish stroke
play championships and the Berkhamsted Trophy.

Harry Hall, 18,
(West Cornwall) reached the last 32 in the English Amateur and the last
16 in the British Amateur. He has had top 30 finishes in both the Jones
Cup in the USA, where he is a student, and in the Brabazon Trophy.

Josh Hilleard,
21, (Farrington Park) reached the last 16 in the English Amateur. He
won the West of England Championship, the Berkhamsted Trophy, the Faldo
Series Wales Championship and the Hampshire Salver this season. He was
joint top-scorer when England beat France at Formby and was also in
England’s winning team at the Costa Ballena Quadrangular Tournament.

Marco Penge,
18, (Golf at Goodwood) tied for the French amateur but was pipped to
the title in a play-off. He was fourth in the Irish and Portuguese
amateur championships and sixth in the South American. Last year he won
the Peter McEvoy Trophy, the Scottish Stroke Play Championship and the
Sir Henry Cooper Junior Masters.

Alfie Plant,
24, (Sundridge Park) beat an international field by seven shots to win
the 2016 Lytham Trophy and has recently helped GB&I retain the St
Andrews Trophy against the Continent of Europe. He tied seventh in the
Brabazon Trophy, got through to the last 16 in the English Amateur and
also reached the match play stages of the British Amateur. He was in
England’s winning team for this year’s international against France.

Gian-Marco Petrozzi,
19, (Trentham) reached the match play in the English and British
Amateur championships and was fourth in the Brabazon Trophy, where he
shot the championship low score of seven-under 65 in the final round. He
also tied third in both the Hampshire Salver and the Duncan Putter, was
eighth in the Dutch Junior Open and 10th in the Lytham Trophy.

Ashton Turner,
20, (Kenwick Park) helped Europe beat Asia Pacific in the Bonallack
Trophy. He was ninth in the Lytham Trophy and tied eighth in the
Challenge Tour’s Made in Denmark Challenge. He helped England beat
France in this year’s international at Formby. He toured Australia
earlier this season where he had top 20 finishes in the Master of the
Amateurs and the Lake Macquarie Amateur.

James Walker,
22, (The Oaks) won this season’s Selborne Salver and reached the
semi-finals of the Spanish amateur championship, losing to the eventual
champion only on the 19th. He had top ten finishes in the Chiberta Grand
Prix in France, the Lytham Trophy and the Welsh open amateur. He was in
England’s winning team for the international against France and he
reached the match play stages of the English Amateur.

Jack Yule,
21, (Middleton Hall) won the Biarritz Cup in France last month, when
representing England for the first time. He also reached the last 32 at
the British Amateur and was runner up in the Italian international,
eighth in the Hampshire Salver and ninth in the Portuguese amateur.